Arenko Taps GE for 41-Megawatt UK Battery Project

GE has entered the grid battery big leagues after being selected to provide a 41-megawatt plant in the U.K. The deal is part of a new strategic partnership with Arenko, a British energy infrastructure developer. The plant, due to enter operation in the second half of this year, “will integrate GE and Arenko's advanced control technologies and will be commercially operated though Arenko's software to digitally deploy energy and access multiple services and system needs,” according to the company. The battery system's reliability and performance will be underpinned and protected by GE's long-term support, it noted. The project was billed as “one of the largest in the U.K. and globally, with the ability to provide affordable, on-demand power to the equivalent of approximately 100,000 U.K. homes.” Rupert Newland, Arenko Group’s chief executive, confirmed the plant would be bas...